Glusburn Community Primary School
General Information
- Address: Colne Road, Glusburn, Keighley, BD20 8PJ – View on map
- Phone: 01535632145
- Website: Visit school website
- Headteacher: Mrs Katie Smith
- Age range: 3-11 years
- Demand for places (Reception, September 2026): 53 families put it first for 53 places – 10 for every 10 places. 98% of them were offered a place. 9 of the 53 places went to families living outside the council area. Children putting it first, for every 10 places: 2023 9 · 2024 10 · 2025 10 · 2026 10
- Sixth form: No
- Intake: Mixed
- Religious character: Does not apply
- Nursery provision: Yes
Who goes here
- Pupils eligible for free school meals: 47
- % eligible for free school meals: 12.9%
- Pupil mix: 0 in 10 (less mixed than the North Yorkshire average)
- English as an additional language: 3% (England 22%)
Staff
Teachers leaving each year
- Teacher turnover: 11% a year (North Yorkshire 17.2%, typical in England 13.9%)
- Where they went: about 50% moved to another school, 50% left state schools altogether (retirement, other careers, independent schools, abroad)
- Data years: 2022/23 to 2024/25 (average of 3 years, DfE school workforce census)
Teachers who moved school or left state schools in the year after each November, as a share of all the school's teachers. Some turnover is healthy – retirements, promotions, moving house.
Behaviour
Awaiting Data
Across North Yorkshire: suspensions by reason
- Suspensions for sexual misconduct: 11 (0.3 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Permanent exclusions for sexual misconduct: 0
- Suspensions for bullying: 5 (0.1 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.2)
- Suspensions for abuse against sexual orientation or gender identity: 2 (0.0 per 1,000 pupils; England 0.0)
- Data year: 2024/25 (DfE suspensions and exclusions statistics)
These are figures for all state primary schools in North Yorkshire, not this school's own – the government doesn't publish them school by school. A suspension can have up to three reasons. Most sexual harassment between pupils never leads to a suspension, so these figures show only part of the picture.
Attendance
- Overall absence: 4.2%
- Persistently absent pupils: 7.1%
- Data year: 2024/25
SEN
No dedicated Unit or Resourced Provision
- Pupils on SEN Support: 17.6%
- Pupils with an EHC Plan: 2.4%
- Data year: 2025/26
Most common needs - SEN Support
- Speech, language and communications needs: 19 pupils
- Specific learning difficulty: 17 pupils
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 9 pupils
- Social, emotional and mental health: 9 pupils
- Moderate learning difficulty: 7 pupils
Most common needs - EHC Plan
- Autistic spectrum disorder: 5 pupils
- Speech, language and communications needs: 1 pupil
- Vision impairment: 1 pupil
- Other difficulty or disability: 1 pupil
These figures show the makeup of the school.
Educational Attainment
Good 2022 report
Year 6 SATs results
- Met the expected standard in reading, writing & maths: 54% (England 62%)
- Reached the higher standard: 7% (England 8%)
- Compared with the area: 7 percentage points below the North Yorkshire average (61%)
- Compared with schools with similar pupils: Below (3-year average 56% against an expected 63%)
- 3-year average (expected standard): 56%
- Expected standard by subject: Reading 77% · Writing 68% · Maths 75% · Grammar, punctuation & spelling 61%
- Average test scores: reading 103, maths 104
- Based on: 56 Year 6 pupils, 2024/25
View the School Context Comparator – how this school's SATs results compare with schools teaching similar pupils.
SATs results over time
Year 6 SATs: joint 157th of 232 junior and primary schools in the area
- =150St Cuthbert's Church of England Primary School, Pateley Bridge55%
- =157Carlton Primary School54%
- =157Glusburn Community Primary School54%
- =159Cowling Community Primary School53%
- =159Kirkby Malzeard Church of England Primary School53%
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70th of 223 primary schools in North Yorkshire for Ofsted rating
- #68Gillamoor Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary SchoolGood
- #69Gladstone Road Primary SchoolGood
- #70Glusburn Community Primary SchoolGood
- #71Goathland Primary SchoolGood
- #72Goldsborough Church of England Primary SchoolGood
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Financials
Spending per pupil: £5,968 (2024-25)
223rd of 260 primary schools in North Yorkshire for spending per pupil
- #221Easingwold Community Primary School£6,009
- #222Selby, Longman's Hill Community Primary School£5,986
- #223Glusburn Community Primary School£5,968
- #224Knaresborough St John's Church of England Primary School£5,957
- #225Lindhead School£5,956
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